Which vegetable crop failure contributed significantly to the Irish immigrant patterns to the United States?
A) corn
B) barley
C) potato
D) rutabaga
Answer: C
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Some argue that many of the recent conflicts in the world are the result of a struggle between the values of a consumer-based, capitalist Western culture and the
A. influence of socialist cultures. B. values of a merchant-based Eastern culture. C. traditional values of local communities. D. global environmental movement.
Which metaphor is most likely to focus on motivations as primary factors shaping development?
a. information processing b. emergent self c. transcendent self d. organic
Which of these is not a general description of the extended family?
a. basis of family bond = blood b. locus of control = patriarchal or matriarchal c. place of residence = patrilocal or matrilocal d. marriage structure = monogamy, polygyny, polyandry or group e. line of descent and inheritance = bilateral
Which of the following statements is true of postcolonial theory?
A. It shows that colonialism still shapes contemporary conceptions of race and ethnicity. B. It shows that the roles of culture, knowledge, and representation have been overemphasized in the construction of the colonial world and its inhabitants. C. It shows that the West was unable to create an image of itself through encounters with colonized peoples. D. It shows the impossibility of deconstructing entrenched colonialist knowledge.